Against Me!'s transgender
singer-guitarist Laura Jane Grace says she's encouraged by the number
of transgender fans who stick around after shows to talk to her.

Grace came out transgender earlier this
year in an interview with Rolling Stone.

In an interview with MTV's House of
Style, Grace said she's been “overwhelmed by the amount of
support my wife gave me. It's awesome.”

“Every trans girl has a unique
story,” she said. “One of my first vivid memories of like
associating with a female was seeing Madonna and just being like
'that's me.' I guess I kind of made the decision to transition
starting like two or three years ago but it was something that really
look a lot of building up to put into motion. There's so many moment
in life where you feel guilt and you feel shame and all that but you
get to the point where you realize things aren't going to change. So
I just thought the best thing to do as a parent, also as an artist,
is to try and embrace the truth that you feel inside of yourself.”

“After you come out and after you
start talking about it, you feel stupid for how long you haven't
dealt with the issue, because people have been so overwhelmingly
supportive. The amount of trans girls or trans guys that come out to
our shows now and always stick around to say like hi afterward. It's
encouraging.”